RIR from my cacklehatchery.com flock. I set 15 eggs, with only 1 rooster and 16 girls I wasn't expecting much. But 13 were fertile 10 made it till lockdown.
I have my 16 girls and 1 boy that I have raised since a few days old. They are all hatchery RIR. They should be laying in a few weeks. Part of me wants a mixed flock, trading a pullet for a pullet around the same age. Another part of me loves knowing I raised all my girls. They are healthy and...
When I was a little girl my grandfather would put those chick's seperate. He always said 50% survival rate. But over half the time the yolk would absorb in a few days and the chicken would live.